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🚨What if an org creates database of White Christian settler family lastnames who wr Slave Owners N German Christian lastnames that supported Nazi/Hitler in holocaust of Jews N British Christian colonizer lastnames to profile, name/shame/target them easily #California #NoToSB403
If that shouldn’t be done to descendants of barbarians as even then it would amount to hatred, bigotry and discrimination then how is such profiling of Brahmin Hindus/Savarnas who historically have not oppressed anyone be hated and their descendants targeted?! #neocolonialist 
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#SayNoToSB403 #California #Hinduphobia #StopRacism #StopBigotry #HinduAmericans SB403 is by paid Hinduphobes, so kill the bill
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@Ash_Kalra
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#SayNoToSB403 #California #Hinduphobia #StopRacism #StopBigotry #HinduAmericans SB403 is by paid Hinduphobes, so kill the bill
Clarifying Thread: Why I speak up for #HinduAmericans and #Hinduism.
My friends and colleagues are often surprised by how vocal I am in speaking up on #HinduAmerican and #IndianAmerican issues on @Twitter (only).
They are surprised for a number of reasons.
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My friends and colleagues are often surprised by how vocal I am in speaking up on #HinduAmerican and #IndianAmerican issues on @Twitter (only).
They are surprised for a number of reasons.
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a. Focus of my professional work is #GlobalHealth, #Innovation, and #HealthTech adoption. Focus of my community work is underserved communities in the Bay Area, which tend to be non-Indian and non-Hindu for the most part.
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b. My friends know that I’m fairly understated in my faith, which is more philosophical, less rituals. I am informed by a decision my widowed great-grandma made when she chose an egalitarian, spiritual group that eschewed caste labels. My family still follows that path.
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#Alert: In the wake of multiple anti-Hindu hate crimes over the last month alone, we called for unity & solidarity. Response?
Today, instead of standing with Hindus, @IAMCouncil released a @DemsTeaneck resolution demanding that the @FBI do surveillance of #HinduAmerican orgs.
Today, instead of standing with Hindus, @IAMCouncil released a @DemsTeaneck resolution demanding that the @FBI do surveillance of #HinduAmerican orgs.
The @DemsTeaneck @iamc resolution uses a slur commonly used by #antiSemites, against Hindus. It actually calls Hindus “infilitrators” and paints Hindu advocacy as insidious.
When Hindus meet legislators and advocate on issues, it is not something to condemn. It is being American
When Hindus meet legislators and advocate on issues, it is not something to condemn. It is being American
The @DemsTeaneck resolution also lies about the million emails HAF’s letter campaign sent to colleges over the unethical use of college logos for the Hinduphobic DGH conference. Not a single letter was sent to Audrey Truschke as they were sent to @RutgersU admin.
A great article summarizing the fake construction of “caste” in California, the inherent unfairness of how such policies were created + the impact on day-to-day life of Hindu American students & technology workers. #Caste #HinduAmericans #CasteInTech indiacurrents.com/constructing-c… 1/n
Article calls out flawed data used, even as a June 2021 study by @CarnegieEndow found majority of Indian Americans did NOT identify themselves with caste at all. 24% denied ANY knowledge of caste in their networks. No evidence for significant caste-based discrimination in US. 2/n
OF NOTE: fears of the CSU students we at CoHNA are helping-who now worry about hosting events, catering vegetarian food, or even celebrating beloved festivals like Holi & Diwali – since both have been called violent/casteist by the same activist groups driving caste policies 3/n
THREAD: @TheEconomist begins New Year w/ a dose of #Hinduphobia. Notice the crass image- a "Brahmin" wearing pearls, money in his crown, w/ tiny humans carrying him on a pedestal- depicting "greed" &"tyranny" in ways eerily similar to depictions of Jews in Nazi propaganda. 1/n
Falsely accusing #HinduAmericans of exporting "caste problems", @TheEconomist calls India “troubling.” Never mind that this assertion is based on ONE lawsuit that is still on trial. Or that the 2021 @CarnegieEndow survey showed NO evidence of widespread "caste discrimination."2/n
European literature and art similarly caricatured Jews, Roma and other minority groups. A 1937 anti-Semitic art exhibition, called "The Eternal Jew," shows an "eastern" Jew wearing a kaftan, holding gold coins in one hand and a whip in the other. 3/n historyhit.com/anti-jewish-pr…
Audrey just can’t help herself.
She wants to shame the 1000s of #HinduAmericans who are inspired by @BAPS.
But after she shared the latest recycled allegations on an academic listserv, a senior professor told her to knock it off - albeit far more politely than deserved. 1/n
She wants to shame the 1000s of #HinduAmericans who are inspired by @BAPS.
But after she shared the latest recycled allegations on an academic listserv, a senior professor told her to knock it off - albeit far more politely than deserved. 1/n
The senior professor said that scholars should:
- be very careful in assessing facts & details in the media
- remember accusations are not proof of wrongdoing
- understand the goals & motivations of every person and organization involved in the issue
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- be very careful in assessing facts & details in the media
- remember accusations are not proof of wrongdoing
- understand the goals & motivations of every person and organization involved in the issue
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He also asked folks to reserve judgment until more facts were revealed by the appropriate officials and the court.
Wise words, sage advice!
Above all, scholars demonstrating decency, reason, standards, and academic integrity do exist, and at least one spoke up.
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Wise words, sage advice!
Above all, scholars demonstrating decency, reason, standards, and academic integrity do exist, and at least one spoke up.
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We #HinduAmericans have the unique (mis)fortune to have Indian visitors drop by for a bit and arrogate the immense privilege of platforms such as @TheAtlantic to import their casteist obsessions & counterfactually transfer those anxieties on us. (Thread)
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
You come from a casteist family that dunked on your servants? You want to slam our model minority myth as “flattening”?
Fine.
But your “caste travels” tropes “flatten” varna/jati/etc & expose an entrenched #Hinduphobia & shocking ignorance of Hinduism. Yet you’re platformed.
Fine.
But your “caste travels” tropes “flatten” varna/jati/etc & expose an entrenched #Hinduphobia & shocking ignorance of Hinduism. Yet you’re platformed.
I mean @TheAtlantic article leads with that Equality Labs survey debunked by the same @CarnegieEndow survey the article also cites! The EL survey excluded the majority of South Asians that identify with no caste & only counted folks like the author identifying as “upper caste” 3/
#Alert: US Chargé d'Affaires Atul Keshap is under personal/professional attack after doing what diplomats from Germany, Australia, UK, Singapore & dozens of EU countries did before--visiting RSS headquarters as part of routine diplomatic outreach in India.
#Hindphobia? 1/
#Hindphobia? 1/
Amb. Keshap made no endorsement & met several other civil society leaders during his honorable service & tenure. But @johnsifton @hrw @MalikMujahid & Pieter Friedrich, an operative funded by an @IAMCouncil founder, are brutally singling out Keshap as no other diplomat before. 2/
This pattern of attacking #HinduAmericans public servants--appointed or elected--to deny them positions or have them fired/censured for being "too close" to the Indian govt. is a standard too frequently & exclusively applied to Indian/Hindu Americans in public service.
#REVEALED: Many @dghconference speakers previously promoted #AntiSemitic petition.
@abhashankar1 reports #DGH speakers endorsed a statement saying:
-"Zionist Israel is the only state in the world that is NOT a state of its own citizens"
-Israel is an "inherently racist state"
@abhashankar1 reports #DGH speakers endorsed a statement saying:
-"Zionist Israel is the only state in the world that is NOT a state of its own citizens"
-Israel is an "inherently racist state"
Patwardhan, Sundar & Krishnan signed petition calling on India to join "socialist" Cuba & Venenzuela in "de-recognizing" & sanctioning Israel, calling it a "Zionist apartheid state."
Krishnan promoted PFLP that US designates a foreign terrorist org (FTO)
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Krishnan promoted PFLP that US designates a foreign terrorist org (FTO)
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Criticism of India & Israel is fair game. But the collapsing of that criticism into grossly #AntiSemitic & #Hinduphobic tropes by radical activists is outrageous and must be condemned.
Instead, #DGH platforms the activists at an event supported by depts at dozens of schools.
Instead, #DGH platforms the activists at an event supported by depts at dozens of schools.
#Breaking: After hours of testimony from hundreds of #HinduAmericans at a public hearing last night, @SCCgov Human Rights Commission decided to defer a vote on Equality Labs' proposal that "Caste" be added to county non-discrimination policy. 1/ diyatvusa.com/2021/04/29/exc…
The hearing began with testimony from caste 'experts'--a panel that seemed to be selected by Equality Labs, with no input accepted from Hindu advocacy groups. Panel included @IUMaurerLaw Professor Kevin Brown, well known for overt anti-Hindu speech. 2/ vice.com/en/article/3az…
Equality Labs was then given 20 mins to build upon their handpicked panel's testimony. Only then was @HinduAmerican allowed to present our argument that adding 'caste' to official policy uniquely targets only South Asians & Hindus for ethno-religious monitoring & policing 3/
#Breaking: @HinduAmerican takes legal action demanding retraction & apology for false and defamatory stories that appeared in @AJEnglish (by @raqib_naik) earlier this month. Letter sent sent through CA based litigation firm retained for this action. 1/ hinduamerican.org/press/haf-lega…
The letters outlining 17 false & defamatory statements were also sent to individuals quoted attacking @HinduAmerican:
-Sunita Viswanath, Raju Rajagopal @Hindus4HR
-Rasheed Ahmed @IAMCouncil
-John Prabhudoss @Fiacona_us
Damaging lies about @HinduAmerican cannot be tolerated.
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-Sunita Viswanath, Raju Rajagopal @Hindus4HR
-Rasheed Ahmed @IAMCouncil
-John Prabhudoss @Fiacona_us
Damaging lies about @HinduAmerican cannot be tolerated.
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Legal action required due to #Hinduphobic/xenophobic allegations of dual loyalty to foreign govt, sending funds overseas to promote hate or malign influence on US govt. These lies mirror anti-Semitic rhetoric Jewish groups historically faced & will be strongly countered. 3/
My non-validated analysis gleaned over chai of Indian American vote on Super Tuesday & why it favored @JoeBiden:
IA population matters:
CA: 528K TX: 245K VA:103K MA: 77K NC: 57K
Pew estimate: 60% are citizens 80% Dems. ↑↑ turnout.
Huge consolidation for Biden. Why? (Thread)
IA population matters:
CA: 528K TX: 245K VA:103K MA: 77K NC: 57K
Pew estimate: 60% are citizens 80% Dems. ↑↑ turnout.
Huge consolidation for Biden. Why? (Thread)
1. Socialist rhetoric is a non-starter. Indian Americans (IA) left India for a reason & socialist politicians are comic foil there today.
2. Bernie was 1st politician to slam India for fully integrating Kashimr (an enormously popular/emotional issue for IA's). Disastrous move!
2. Bernie was 1st politician to slam India for fully integrating Kashimr (an enormously popular/emotional issue for IA's). Disastrous move!
Bernie's Congressional proxies are incredibly unpopular among IA's:
1)@PramilaJayapal sponsored anti-India #HRes745-slamming India on Kashmir ignoring #KashmiriPandits
2)@IlhanMN targeted @AartiTikoo during @HouseForeign panel. Her sneering tweets against #CAA, Modi, etc.
1)@PramilaJayapal sponsored anti-India #HRes745-slamming India on Kashmir ignoring #KashmiriPandits
2)@IlhanMN targeted @AartiTikoo during @HouseForeign panel. Her sneering tweets against #CAA, Modi, etc.
